Manttfactttbe of buckles



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFiuoE.

SHELDON S. HARTSI-IORN, OF ORANGE, CONNEOTICUT.

MANUFACTU'RE OF BUCKLES.

Specficaton formng part of Letters Patent No. 11,892, dated November 7,1854; Beissued May 26,

To all wlwm z't may concern Be it known that I, SHELDON S. I-IARTS-HORN, of the town of' Orange, in the county of New I-Iaven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in theManufacture of Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eXact description of the construction, Character, andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which make a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aperspective View of the buckle, as finished. F ig. 2, is a perspectiveView of the Wire frame of the buckle, when properly formed. Fig. 3, is aperspective view of the tongue part of the buckle ready to be attachedto the frame. Fig. 4, is a perspec-tive View of that part of the buckleto which the standing part of the strap is to be attached.

My improvement consists in making the buckle of one piece of wire, andtwo pieces of sheet metal, by Cutting, and forming each piece or part,by a proper die, or swage, and then connecting the three parts, andfinishing the buckle with another' die, or swage, suited to close thesheet m-etal parts around one bar, or side, of the frame, so as to makea neat, and durable buckle at small cost.

I make the main frame of the buckle of one piece of wire to form thefour sides, as represented in Fig. 2, the two ends of the wire (withoutdovetails, bosses, or any other preparation) meeting at the center ofone of the long sides, as seen at a, Fig. 2. I make the tongue part ofsheet metal, by Cutting and raising it with a proper die, or swage tothe shape represented in Fig. 3. I make that part of the buckle to whichthe standing part of the strap is attached, also, by cutting and raisingit, with a proper die, or swage, to the shape represented in Fig. 4:. Ithen pass the partially formed socket Z) of the tongue part, Fig. 3,onto the central part of the open side, a, of the main frame, Fig. 2,and the partially formed socket o, c, of the part [FIRST PRINTED 1913.]i, W g ,j j ,j'

represented in Fig. 4, onto the two extremities of the open side of themain frame, outside of the tongue part; and then, with a proper die, orswage, I set down the edges of the socket portions of Figs. 3 and 4:, soas to form a complete socket, (without brasing or soldering,) aroundthat side of the main frame, F ig. 2, extending its whole length, whenthe buckle will be completely finished, as represented in Fig. 1.

The advantage of my improvement consists in making a Very serviceable,as Well as cheap, buckle, by making the four sides of the main frame ofone piece of wire, and securing the two ends of that wire by the socketof the tongue part of the buckle, while that part to which the standingpart of the strap is to be attached will also have a free motion,independent of the other parts.

I am aware that the frame, or bow, of the buckle has been made of onepiece, and the ends secured together by bosses, orbulbs on the ends,and'fthe socket part of the tongue made to fit them, as made by P. P. R.Hayden, and, also by dovetailing the ends together, and securing thedovetailed ends by the socket part of the tongue, as made Aby VVm.Shove, (neither of whlch is used by me in the manufacture of my buckle).I, therefore, do not claim either of them as my invention, butdistinctly disclaim them; but

TWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The manufacture of a buckle of three parts, by dies, or swages, in suchmanner that the two ends of the Wire, of the main frame, shall besecured by the socket of the tongue part, while the other part will havea free, independent motion, when the whole is constructed, and fittedfor use, substantially, as herein described.

SHELDON S. HARTSHORN.

lVitnesses S. RANsoM, R. FITZGEIALD.

